Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Carl Woodring papers
Woodring, Carl, 1919-2009
4078553
MS#1376
English
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17 linear feet
37 boxes, 14 record storage cartons of books, 3 additional record cartons
1954-1988
Restrictions on Access
The following boxes are located off-site: 1-36. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Access
7 boxes of addditional/unprocessed papers and 14 boxes of unprocessed books are also located off-site.
Restrictions on Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Woodring, Carl R. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--05/12/1988. Accession number--M-88-05-12.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Carl R. Woodring, 1988.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in 6 series.
Biographical sketch
Carl Ray Woodring, 1919-2009. Professor of English at Columbia University 1961-1988. Authority on the Romantic Period in English Literature. Editor of Victorian Samplers: William and Mary Howitt (1952) and Prose of the Romantic Period (1961). Author of Politics in the Poetry of Coleridge (1961), Wordsworth (1965), Virginia Woolf (1966), Politics in English Romantic Poetry (1970).
Other Finding Aids
Legacy Finding aid
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Carl Woodring papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Processing Information
Processed 06/29/1988.
Summary
Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, printed materials relating to Woodring's scholarly activities. The bulk of the collection is material relating to his editing of Coleridge's Table Talk for the Collected Colleridge. There is also material relating to his teaching career, as well as his many professional activities. In addition to the manuscript material, there are 197 books presented to Woodring by former students, faculty members, and others
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography
English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Romanticism -- England
Correspondence
Manuscripts (documents)
Lecture notes
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
Series I: Student Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/1220382A-BAB/repositories/2/archival_objects/12203831BAU-BRO/repositories/2/archival_objects/12203842CA-DON/repositories/2/archival_objects/12203853DRA-FLA/repositories/2/archival_objects/12203864FRE-HAN/repositories/2/archival_objects/12203875HAR-HOD/repositories/2/archival_objects/12203886HOO-KEN/repositories/2/archival_objects/12203897RES-LO/repositories/2/archival_objects/12203908MC-MUR/repositories/2/archival_objects/12203919NA-RE/repositories/2/archival_objects/122039210REI-SH/repositories/2/archival_objects/122039311SI-WI/repositories/2/archival_objects/122039412WO-Z/repositories/2/archival_objects/122039513Series II: Professional Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/1220396A-B/repositories/2/archival_objects/122039714C-GRO/repositories/2/archival_objects/122039815H-MC/repositories/2/archival_objects/122039916MLA-RAY/repositories/2/archival_objects/122040017ORG-Z/repositories/2/archival_objects/122040118Series III: Coleridge Manuscripts/repositories/2/archival_objects/1220402Samuel Taylor Coleridge on various topics, Promised Land/repositories/2/archival_objects/122040319permissions, and early manuscripts of Table Talk/repositories/2/archival_objects/122040419Letters, Conversations, and Recollections of Samuel Taylor Coleridge/repositories/2/archival_objects/122040520Three Binders on Samuel Taylor Coleridge/repositories/2/archival_objects/122040621Correspondences concerning Samuel Taylor Coleridge/repositories/2/archival_objects/122040722Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk research material/repositories/2/archival_objects/122040823Front Matter; Introduction to appendix through K. (first box of a series of three)/repositories/2/archival_objects/122040924Box 2 of Front Matter: Appendix E to page 558/repositories/2/archival_objects/122041025Box 3 of Front Matter: pages 559 to 1046/repositories/2/archival_objects/122041126Table Talk, manuscript, footnotes, appendix G/repositories/2/archival_objects/122041227Appendices, Digressive Principles, Chronological contents, and ED Practices/repositories/2/archival_objects/122041328The Collected Works of Taylor Coleridge/repositories/2/archival_objects/1220426On order #181Series IV: Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/1220414Files arranged by author/repositories/2/archival_objects/122041529Lectures, notes, course guide descriptions/repositories/2/archival_objects/122041630Works arranged by title. Organizations: Phi Beta Kappa, NEH, etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/122041731Series V: Romanticism/repositories/2/archival_objects/1220418Romanticism and Nature, (contains some Coleridge material)/repositories/2/archival_objects/122041932Politics of English Romantic Poetry/repositories/2/archival_objects/122042033Scope and ContentsOriginal typed manuscript with written corrections. Box also contains material on Charles Lamb.
Politics of English Romantic Poetry/repositories/2/archival_objects/122042134Series VI: Printed Material/repositories/2/archival_objects/1220422Reprints of articles inscribed to Carl Woodring/repositories/2/archival_objects/122042335Reprints of articles inscribed to Carl Woodring/repositories/2/archival_objects/122042436Reprints of articles inscribed to Carl Woodring/repositories/2/archival_objects/122042537